Rwanda vs Somalia: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

Rwanda
40.19 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Somalia
40.24 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Rwanda rank
137th
Somalia rank
135th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita over time

  • Rwanda
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Somalia currently reports 40.24 BoP, current US$ per person against 40.19 BoP, current US$ per person in Rwanda, a difference of 0.05 BoP, current US$ per person.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Somalia ahead.

Rwanda ranks 137th and Somalia ranks 135th of 202 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 4 and Somalia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Rwanda Somalia Difference Ahead
1970s 0.7752 BoP, current US$ per person 0.8178 BoP, current US$ per person 0.0426 BoP, current US$ per person Somalia
1980s 2.71 BoP, current US$ per person -0.6313 BoP, current US$ per person 3.34 BoP, current US$ per person Rwanda
1990s 0.5204 BoP, current US$ per person 0.1559 BoP, current US$ per person 0.3645 BoP, current US$ per person Rwanda
2000s 3.98 BoP, current US$ per person 3.94 BoP, current US$ per person 0.0396 BoP, current US$ per person Rwanda
2010s 21.49 BoP, current US$ per person 18.96 BoP, current US$ per person 2.53 BoP, current US$ per person Rwanda
2020s 24.9 BoP, current US$ per person 35.94 BoP, current US$ per person 11.04 BoP, current US$ per person Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Rwanda or Somalia?
Somalia, at 40.24 BoP, current US$ per person against 40.19 BoP, current US$ per person in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Rwanda and Somalia?
0.05 BoP, current US$ per person, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Somalia?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Rwanda and Somalia rank globally for foreign direct investment, net inflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
Rwanda ranks 137th and Somalia ranks 135th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
Unit
BoP, current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
249 places, 12,254 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.